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... France . XI . The author's continuation of Geschichte von England , vol . V. XII . - Munimenta Gildhalla Londoniensis , vol . I. Liber Albus , A. D. 1419 , ed . Riley , Rer . Brit . Med . Aeyi Script . 1859 . CONTENTS . I. CANTERBURY ...
... France . XI . The author's continuation of Geschichte von England , vol . V. XII . - Munimenta Gildhalla Londoniensis , vol . I. Liber Albus , A. D. 1419 , ed . Riley , Rer . Brit . Med . Aeyi Script . 1859 . CONTENTS . I. CANTERBURY ...
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... France and Spain , possessed chivalrous qualities which made him the true and typical representative of the perfect English gentleman , and won for him the sincere admiration , alike of friend and foe . His varied and active life , his ...
... France and Spain , possessed chivalrous qualities which made him the true and typical representative of the perfect English gentleman , and won for him the sincere admiration , alike of friend and foe . His varied and active life , his ...
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... France , he visited Canterbury on his way to London . He may , perhaps , have done this in accordance with the wishes of the foreign prince , who at that time stood so much in need of consolation , and who , in the course of his many ...
... France , he visited Canterbury on his way to London . He may , perhaps , have done this in accordance with the wishes of the foreign prince , who at that time stood so much in need of consolation , and who , in the course of his many ...
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... France , each on its own red and blue field . High aloft , between the vaulted groins of the choir , hang the well - preserved arms which he had carried in his victorious campaigns through France and Spain , his helmet , and shield ...
... France , each on its own red and blue field . High aloft , between the vaulted groins of the choir , hang the well - preserved arms which he had carried in his victorious campaigns through France and Spain , his helmet , and shield ...
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... rarest tolerance . When Queen Elizabeth began to give shelter to the Protestants , who were escaping from persecution in France , a small colony of French refugees , consisting chiefly of poor silk 28 CANTERBURY , AND THE WORSHIP.
... rarest tolerance . When Queen Elizabeth began to give shelter to the Protestants , who were escaping from persecution in France , a small colony of French refugees , consisting chiefly of poor silk 28 CANTERBURY , AND THE WORSHIP.
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Side 5 - European History, Narrated in a Series of Historical Selections from the best Authorities. Edited and arranged by EM SEWELL and CM YONGE. First Series, crown 8vo. 6s. ; Second Series, 1088-1228, crown 8vo. 6s. Third Edition. " We know of scarcely anything," says the GUARDIAN, of this volume, "which is so likely to raise to a higher level the average standard of English education.
Side 8 - Stands alone as the one general history of the country, for the sake of which all others, if young and old are wise, will be speedily and surely set aside.
Side 6 - The book indeed is full of instruction and interest to students of all ages, and he must be a well-informed man indeed who will not rise from its perusal with clearer and more accurate ideas of a too much neglected portion of English history.
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